I have two stacks on my desk. The left stack is financial disclosure forms from members of Congress. The right stack is waivers for members who filed their financial disclosures late. The right stack is always taller. On Wednesday morning, I watched a soldier get arrested on CNN. I am a Disclosure Analyst for the House Ethics Committee. I have held this position for eleven years. My job is to receive the forms, verify their completeness, and file them. I do not investigate. I do not flag. I do not refer. I file. I have a lanyard. The lanyard says ETHICS. The soldier's name is Gannon Ken Van Dyke. He is thirty-eight years old. He was stationed at Fort Bragg. He was Special Forces. In December, he created an account on a prediction market called Polymarket. On January 2nd, he bet $32,500 that the president of Venezuela would be removed from power. On January 3rd, he helped remove the president of Venezuela from power. He collected $409,881. He has been charged with five federal crimes. Commodities fraud. Wire fraud. Unlawful use of confidential government information. Theft of nonpublic government information. Unlawful monetary transaction. The Department of Justice called it "the first-ever insider trading prosecution on event contracts." I watched this on the television in our break room. Then I walked back to my desk and processed a late financial disclosure from a member of the House Financial Services Committee who purchased $250,000 in bank stocks eleven days before his subcommittee held a closed-door hearing on proposed capital reserve changes. The filing was forty-seven days late. The STOCK Act requires disclosure within forty-five days. The penalty for late filing is $200. I waived it. I waive most of them. In 2021, fifty-four members of Congress and senior staff violated the reporting rules. The fines were minimal. Most were waived. I have a form for the waiver. The form has a box that says "Reason." I write "administrative delay." In ethics, "administrative delay" means the member's office forgot and then remembered when a reporter called. My approval rate is one hundred percent. In any other field, that number would trigger an audit. In mine, it is called thoroughness. Let me show you what I processed this year. January. A senator on the Armed Services Committee sold defense contractor shares worth $1.2 million. Three days later, his committee received a classified briefing that the Iran campaign had exceeded its projected cost by 340%. The stock dropped 8%. He filed the disclosure sixty-one days late. I calculated the fine. $200. His chief of staff asked if it could be waived. He did not ask what the senator traded on. Nobody asks that. The form does not have a field for it. I waived the fine. The senator's portfolio returned 23.4% in 2025. The S&P 500 returned 16.8%. February. A representative on the Energy and Commerce Committee bought pharmaceutical stocks worth $400,000. Two weeks later, her committee advanced a bill that would extend patent exclusivity for the exact drug class she purchased. The stocks rose 14%. She filed on time. There was no fine. There was no investigation. There was nothing to investigate because buying stocks in companies regulated by your own committee is not illegal. It is legal. The STOCK Act made it legal by making it disclosed. In Congress, disclosed means legal. In my office, legal means filed. March. A member whose spouse manages a portfolio worth $9.2 million reported forty-three separate transactions in a single quarter. Twelve of them were in sectors directly affected by legislation the member co-sponsored. The timing on eight of those twelve was within a two-week window of committee action. I logged all forty-three. None were flagged. We do not flag. We file. I asked my supervisor once what would happen if I flagged a filing. She said we do not have a form for that. I never asked again. In 2020, I processed 847 disclosures. In 2023, 1,211. In 2025, 1,614. The number of enforcement actions in each of those years was zero. The numerator changes. The denominator does not. I want to tell you about the soldier again. He made $409,881. He tried to delete his Polymarket account by calling customer service and saying he lost access to his email. He moved his profits into a foreign cryptocurrency vault and then into a new brokerage account. He used his real identity. He placed thirteen bets. Every single one was connected to an operation he personally participated in. In my eleven years, I have processed disclosures from members of Congress who traded on: Pending FDA approvals they learned about in committee. Defense appropriations they voted on. Trade policy they negotiated. Pandemic response measures they drafted. Interest rate decisions they were briefed on before the public. None of them have been charged. None of them have been investigated by the Department of Justice. None of them have been referred to the SEC. The STOCK Act has produced zero prosecutions since it was signed on April 4th, 2012. Fourteen years. Five hundred and thirty-five members. $635 million in trades last year alone. Zero cases. My daughter asked me once what happens when someone breaks the rules. I told her we write it down. She asked what happens after that. I said it depends. She was nine. She is twenty now. It does not depend. Nothing happens after that. The soldier made $409,881 and faces decades in prison. Nancy Pelosi entered Congress in 1987 with a portfolio worth approximately $785,000. It is now worth $133.7 million. That is a return of 16,930%. The Dow Jones returned 2,300% over the same period. Professional fund managers who beat the market for three consecutive years are considered exceptional. She has beaten it for thirty-seven. If a hedge fund produced those returns, the SEC would subpoena the records on a Thursday. She produced them from a building with a chapel and a gift shop. She announced her retirement last year. No investigation was opened. No disclosure was flagged. Her filings were on time. In my office, on time means compliant. Compliant means closed. I want to tell you about the fine. $200. That is the maximum penalty for violating the STOCK Act's disclosure requirements. $200 for a member of Congress whose portfolio gained $4.7 million in a single quarter. I calculated what $200 represents as a percentage of $4.7 million. It is 0.004%. I could not find a comparison that made it meaningful. It is less than the price of the parking pass in the Rayburn garage. It is less than lunch at the members' dining room if you order the crab cakes, which I am told are excellent though I eat at my desk. Since 2012, thirty-one bills have been introduced to restrict congressional trading. I keep a list. The list is longer than the STOCK Act itself. On March 5th, 2026, a representative from Michigan introduced the thirty-second. He called it the "No Getting Rich in Congress Act." The bill would prohibit the President, Vice President, members of Congress, and their spouses from trading individual stocks, cryptocurrency, futures, and commodities while in office. The bill was referred to committee. The committee has not scheduled a hearing. The committee is chaired by a member whose spouse executed $2.1 million in trades last year. The bill will be reviewed. In my office, reviewed means read. Read means acknowledged. Acknowledged means a status has been assigned. A status is the absence of an action that has been given a name so it looks like one. The soldier used classified information to make $409,881 on a prediction market. He has been charged with five federal crimes. The Department of Justice announced the case on the same day I processed three disclosures from members who traded on committee knowledge worth a combined $3.8 million. The difference between the soldier and the members is not what they did. It is the building they did it in. He did it from Fort Bragg. They did it from the Capitol. He used a prediction market. They used the New York Stock Exchange. He bet on a military operation. They bet on the legislation they write. He did not write the law. They did. They wrote the STOCK Act. Then they funded its enforcement at zero dollars. Then they set its maximum penalty at $200. Then they gave my office the authority to waive it. Then they traded $635 million. The soldier flew to Caracas. He breached a compound. He put his body between a mission and a bullet. The people who ordered the operation were in a building with a credenza and sparkling water. They did not go to Caracas. They went to their brokerage accounts. The soldier made $409,881 and is now in federal custody. The people who knew what he was going to do before he did it made more and filed less. His prosecution is not a failure of the system. It is the system. One conviction per decade, at the lowest level, so the briefing slides can say enforcement exists. The $409,881 is not the crime. It is the cost of making $635 million look supervised. In my field, we call this self-regulation. The soldier's Polymarket account has been frozen. His military career is over. He will spend years in federal prison. My office will process every congressional disclosure filed this year. Every trade logged. Every $200 fine calculated and waived. The system is immaculate. Fourteen years. Zero prosecutions. $635 million a year. A 16,930% return. I have not leaked a document. I have not filed a complaint. I have not deviated from the process one single time. The process was written by the people whose forms I process. As long as the disclosures go up and the cases don't, my performance review says I am meeting expectations. My lanyard still says ETHICS. In eleven years, nobody has asked me to define the word.

I know this is a Tesla Owners account, but I'm posting this on X on behalf of a fellow Tesla and Rivian owner. It's a lengthy one, but I would appreciate if everyone would repost to get some traction on this. On Feb 13, 2026, I took my pristine 2023 R1T to the Shepherdsville, KY service center for a tow bolt recall. During the service, the truck fell off the lift, causing over $32K in damage. At first, @Rivian did the right thing. The regional service manager called and promised to replace my truck with a new one "for my betterment, not to my detriment." I spent the next few days sending over inventory specs I liked. Then, Risk Management stepped in. They reversed the decision and said they would only repair it. I refused due to diminished value and safety concerns. The truck was ultimately deemed a total loss by Rivian’s insurance, but the payout does not cover the cost of a replacement. I have reached out to the executive team and the Governance Board via signed FedEx letters. I have received zero response. I’m a long-time EV advocate (coming from a Tesla) and have an R2 reservation on file. I loved driving my truck, but Rivian caused this damage and needs to stand by their initial promise to make me whole. @RJScaringe @ElectrekCo @FredLambert @InsideEVs @SawyerMerritt @klwtts @Hilbe @itskyleconner @TravisKetchum @rivian_forums @RivianUpdates @RivianTrackr @omg_tesla @SP_LimitReviews @RivianClubs @alanisnking @Mikekantorski

Update: $HOOD It has been two days since this happened. I have emailed Robinhood’s social media team twice with no response. I have messaged @AskRobinhood multiple times with no response. They replied publicly saying they sent me a DM but I never received one. The March 27 deadline from their own terms is tomorrow. Still waiting. I am a Robinhood Gold member and use their Gold credit card daily. Over 450,000 people have seen this post. Do the right thing. $HOOD @RobinhoodApp @vladtenev @AskRobinhood

The herbicide Glyphosate is one of the likely culprits in America’s chronic disease epidemic. Much more widely used here than in Europe. Shockingly, much of our exposure comes from its use as a desiccant on wheat, not as an herbicide. From there it goes straight into our bodies. My USDA will ban that practice.

Ouch: “One thing I learned serving on the state board of education is that in this country, K12 is primarily a massive jobs program for adults, more than an effective education program for kids.” But seems so obvious once it’s been said

Since December 29, 2025, two American pilots have been illegally detained in a Guinea, West Africa prison. The pilots were dragged off their plane after making a scheduled fuel stop in Conakry, the nation’s capital. According to flight logs and radio recordings, air traffic control had granted the pilots permission to land. What came next should not be tolerated. Moments after landing, approximately 100 armed soldiers surrounded the plane with automatic rifles and armored vehicles. The pilots, who do not speak French, were forcibly removed from the plane and taken into custody. Guinea’s government accused the American pilots of entering national airspace and landing without authorization. Recorded ATC communications show clearance was given to the pilots and they had explicit permission to land in the country. More than six weeks later, both pilots remain prisoners abroad. Guinea’s prisons are described as harsh dangerous conditions, including lack of electricity and running water, severe overcrowding, and inmates rotating sleep due to limited space. Three civilian judges have ruled the pilots committed no crime, and an appellate court has ordered their release yet the military has refused. The multi-million dollar U.S. registered Gulfstream IV jet remains seized by the Guinean government. Pilot Fabio Espinal Nunez (from New Jersey) and Pilot Bradley Scott Schlenker (from Illinois) remain in a Guinea prison to this day. Their families are urging U.S. officials, including President Trump, to bring the pilots home and to send the Guinean government a message: Detaining American pilots is not tolerated.

If Bill Gates is willing to sneak drugs into his wife imagine what he’s willing to sneak into vaccines for strangers. Sicko.

RT @ChrisDungeon: Called it in July 🔥🔮

The Hep B shot debate isn’t really about the vaccine. It’s a rebellion of the normal, functioning 80 percent against a government that consistently caters to the disordered 20 percent’s needs. It’s the natural evolution of what happens when noble lies break down in a fractured society. People start seeing that most of public health policy, education policy and economic policy isn’t built for them —in fact, it gives them and their children very little consideration, at all. Here’s a policy that was rolled out to support intravenous drug users and sex workers — and you, a suburban mom who pays substantially to opt out of seeing any of that chaotic world is told you need the same standard of care to protect *other people’s children.* Day 1 of your child’s life begins with a hospital forcing that insane societal bargain on you, and reminding you that the best among us will consistently be asked to sacrifice for the most dysfunctional. On top of that, you won’t be allowed to admit that’s what’s happening. Comply, or you’ll be called anti-, alt-, fringe or any variety of names meant to pummel you into submission. It’s not about the vaccine. It’s about the normal majority being fed up with policies that were never designed for them.

Hey @CharlesSchwab - I need to speak with someone from Schwab Private Wealth Services this week. Please reach out via email, the mobile app message center, phone, or X DM. Here’s why this is urgent: At least 6 of your ETF funds (around 7 million $TSLA shares) voted against Tesla’s board, and my 240,000 Tesla investor followers are asking why Schwab would oppose one of the most successful corporate boards in history. Many of my followers are Schwab clients holding more shares than me (45,000 or more). As a custodian of ETF shares, your fiduciary duty is to vote in shareholders’ best interests. For a board that has delivered extraordinary returns, voting against their recommendations doesn’t align with retail investors, Tesla employees, or the leadership we invested to support. If Schwab’s proxy voting policies don’t reflect shareholder interests, my followers and I will move our collective tens of millions in $TSLA shares (or possibly hundreds of millions) to a broker that does, via account transfer as soon as this week. I’m not making empty threats - I am ready to move my shares now. The Tesla investor community is engaged and ready to act as well.

If @CharlesSchwab doesn’t vote for Elon Musk’s 2025 CEO Performance Award plan, I’ll move all my assets to another brokerage. My followers, many of whom also hold assets with Schwab and collectively own at least hundreds of millions in $TSLA, may do the same. I can’t in good conscience stay with a brokerage that votes against this CEO Performance Award plan that is in my view clearly in shareholders’ best interests. I join @jasondebolt in saying that voting against the recommendations of a board that has delivered extraordinary returns is out of step with retail investors, Tesla employees, and the leadership we invested in to support. We are ready to moves our shares. I hope @CharlesSchwab makes the right call here.

Let’s give this putter away. 72 lie 3 loft Copper plate finish 303 Stainless Steel Here’s how to win. • Retweet this tweet. • Click the link in the next tweet below to submit your email address. Contest will run through Monday 10/27 at 1:00 pm Central. Winner will be selected on Monday 10/27 by 6:00 pm. My favorite finish we have done.

Giving away my Titleist staff bag that I used from the Open Champ to the BMW I believe. Must be a follower Comment, like, retweet for a chance to win!

Who is the blond next to @elonmusk

Every dollar the government takes is a dollar you worked for and they didn’t. They don’t “give” you anything. They take, waste, and demand more. Cut spending. Lower taxes. Let people keep what they earn. It’s not radical. It’s just fair.

So just to sum up the Rebecca Lobach news: Dems are allowed to dig up 40 year old allegations on people like Kavanaugh and Trump… But I’m not allowed to ask details about the first military helicopter pilot in history to fly into a civilian airplane and kill a bunch of kids?

The hostility @RobertKennedyJr experienced at his hearing was directly proportional to how much Pharma money each Senator received. In fact, each of them simply repeated the same attacks we just saw flood the mass media (all of which were blatant lies). 🧵

“Pete Hegseth is unqualified.”

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